Coccinella septempunctata, the
seven-spot ladybird (or, in
North America,
seven-spotted ladybug or
"C-7"), is the most common
ladybird in
Europe. Its
elytra are of a red colour, but punctuated with three black spots each, with one further spot being spread over the junction of the two, making a total of seven spots, from which the species derives both its
common and
scientific names (from the
Latin = "seven" and = "spot").